On the 21st of October, protesters in kayaks returned to Senator Joe Manchin(D-W-Va)'s yacht for the second time this month. This was also the 2nd time this week they were at the Wharf. Manchin is trying to strip climate provisions from the budget/reconciliation bill known as the Build Back Better Act. He is essentially funded by the coal industry, W Va residents speaking on a nearby pier said he is ignoring their needs.

As kayakers approached the line of boats containing Manchin's yacht, a police boat approached them in a dangerous manner. The cop on board threatened to ram them, but his bluff was called and he ended up going around instead.

After the last round of protests, his neighbors in nearby boats complained to him about the protests being "noisy." Well, one of the W Va residents who spoke on the pier reports they live near Manchin's W Va residence and he should pay more attention to what his real neighbors are saying. Hopefully the other boaters at the Capital Yacht Club will get sick of the protests he brings and run him off. He can of course prevent that by answering to real W Va residents instead of out of state coal company CEO's and lobbyists.

Senator Joen Manchin's yacht is the 3ed largest moored at the Capitol Yacht Club. He lives aboard but that massive yacht is larger than many people's homes. W Va residents (his supposed but "nonpaying" constituants) are complaining that they cannot afford medical care, childcare, and so much else hile he sits on his expensive yacht.

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